Fairhaven fisherman dies after apparent fall

NEW BEDFORD — The body of a Fairhaven fisherman was pulled up by divers Friday night, found 28 feet beneath the boat he was scheduled to sail with that morning.

SIMÓN RIOS

NEW BEDFORD — The body of a Fairhaven fisherman was pulled up by divers Friday night, found 28 feet beneath the boat he was scheduled to sail with that morning.

Joshua Greaves, 30, was last seen around 1:30 a.m. Friday at a "downtown drinking establishment," Lt. John Chaves said.

"It looked like he slipped getting into the boat and then went into the water," he said.

Greaves was heading for the boat he worked on, Sea Watch, with plans to set out at 6 a.m. Friday. Chaves said the body was recovered by divers around 9:30 p.m. with the help of a robotic submarine.

Greaves was found near 40 Herman Melville Blvd. and taken out of the water at Niemiec Marine on Pope's Island.

Although awaiting an autopsy report from the state medical examiner, Chaves said the death does not appear to be suspicious. He said frigid waters could be to blame, which he estimated to be at 40 to 45 degrees. Chaves also said it's possible that intoxication was a factor.